Lopez asked for comments or approval of the ASL
minutes dated 1/24/03.
Both Helsper and Benson noted corrections in the GenEd section of the
minutes. Motion by O'Keefe to approve the amended minutes,
unanimously approved.

Lopez asked for additions or approval of the agenda. The agenda
was approved as stands.

AnnouncementsLopez said that their TEL committee (including Dian Lopez, Kathy
Benson, and Jenifer Cushman) is considering writing a grant to
develop assessment tools on the web to help with course assessment.
Lopez said that they learned of this grant just a few days ago.
Michelle Page will also help with the grant.

Sub-committee Reports

Discipline AssessmentSoderberg reported that they met 2 weeks ago. Soderberg said
that their goal was to have e-mail sent out by Lopez requesting
assessment results of capstone courses by the week of finals. Lopez
reported that the e-mail has not gone out because she wanted to wait
until the examples
were posted on the web. Soderberg reported that examples from
Computing Science, Chemistry, Elementary and Secondary Education
would be posted to the web. Helsper said that she would be able to
post this information next week. Helper distributed a list
indicating which Disciplines have submitted assessment reports and
capstone projects for 2002-03. The committee discussed the e-mail
that Lopez will send out, Burks requested a change be made. Lopez
said that if everyone submits a paragraph, it would be a good start
for the disciplines. O'Keefe said that we should give concrete
examples on what we are looking for. The committee
discussed the location of this information on the web page. Helsper
reported that the GenEd report would be posted after the Curriculum
Committee is finished with it.

General EducationHelsper reported that the on-line survey instrument has been
written. The survey will open next Tuesday, February 18 and run
through March 7th. She said that she asked Grussing for the $5.00
incentive (UMM bookstore coupon) and it was approved. Helsper
reported that this year the Registrar's office requested that the
students not bring their confirmation page to their office for the
coupon, that the student should go directly to the bookstore. She
said, because of this request, a change was made. Helsper said a
password is required by the Twin cities, the
student's name is printed in the page URL, and said that the coupon
would be printed directly on their confirmation page. Page
questioned who would keep track of the students receiving the
coupons. Lopez said that the bookstore should be given a list of
what information to look for,
so duplicate coupons were not issued. It was noted that Helsper has
a list of the seniors, and that a master list will be made available
for the bookstore to be used as a checklist.

Web PageHelsper distributed copies of pages from the current ASL web
site. O'Keefe commented that it is a great improvement.
Helsper asked if we should be asking the Disciplines for updated
Assessment Plans, noting revisions were made to some in 2000.
Lopez said that we should first get the results, and next year can
talk about updating the assessment plans. O'Keefe noted that we do
not want outdated plans on the web, it is better not to have
information posted, rather than information that is obsolete. It was
discussed whether or not the old plans should be eliminated on the
web, Burks suggested that this be moved to Unit Assessment Plan
History. Helsper suggested unlinking the outdated plans and post
only the results for now. Other web pages were discussed, and
changes made. Helsper noted that committees are listed on the
assessment page, and questioned if committees were to be assessed.
It was agreed that the Committee box should be removed from the web
page. Methods and Tools was discussed, Lopez noted that this is a
good summary and it can be updated in the fall.
Helsper said that the results of the GenEd 2001 survey would not be
posted to the web because the report was incomplete. It was decided
that the GenEd 2001 survey should be listed on the web as a pilot
program and noted that the results were not released. Helsper said
the results
of the GenEd Survey 2002 will be posted after the Curriculum
Committee has finished with it. Helsper said that some of the
results would have to be scanned for the web page because not all
were received electronically. Helsper reported that the web page
background color for the assessment plans has been
changed.

UMM Survey Working GroupLopez asked Helsper to report on the UMM Survey Working Group
that has been formed. Helsper send that this working group will
monitor institutional surveys, will make sure there are no
duplications, and that the surveys are happening on schedule, and
compare results. Helsper
said that they would be receiving a report from NSSE.

NCA ReportThe committee began discussing the NCA report, noting that a
progress report is due at the NCA office on July 1, 2005. Helsper
said that the NCA report should be put on the top of the agenda for
the next meeting. She said that our discussion should begin on page
32 and should go through the report line by line. Lopez said that
in the report to the NCA, we should make sure each question is
answered. Lopez said our goal for 2005 is to have a report from all
disciplines. Helsper noted that the reports should be mandated by the
Dean for those Disciplines not complying.

Lopez said the agenda for the next meeting;
Friday, March 21 will be discussion of the NCA report.